When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

Thirteen British colonies in America, in response to Great Britain’s “long train of abuses and usurpations,” unanimously declared themselves an independent nation.

One of America's first Black churches is being rebuilt in Williamsburg, Virginia. Gavin Newsom mocks Trump's "made in China" smartphone 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500 ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War.

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a makeshift hospital from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg.

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent.

The National Society of Colonial Dames of America-Tennessee congratulates Shanina Dong, of The Baylor School, and Ellie Lee, of Girls Preparatory School, in Chattanooga for winning the National ...

In “Shots Heard Round the World,” John Ferling argues that substantial – and secret – aid from France helped the colonists triumph over Britain.

Mercantilism is an economic policy that favors exports to increase a country's wealth. Read about the effects of British mercantilism on its American colonies.

American missionaries, in the hope of securing funds in India for feeding the hungry, portrayed the country as replete with evangelical opportunities and used famine relief efforts to consolidate ...

On July 4, 1947, the Indian Independence Act was presented to the British House of Commons. The act presented a plan that would divide British India into two independent countries, India and Pakistan.